Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Eastern Asia that have invested over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Electronics industry. Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It includes hardware, semiconductor, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Amount of money raised in Electronics funding rounds is $53.1B, which is 8.9% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Eastern Asia over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Eastern Asia with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Electronics industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The majority of VCs are located in China while others are in Japan. The most common city is Tokyo which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Beijing, Hong Kong Island and Xuhui. VCs in the sample invest in China and Japan more often than they do in The United States. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
  • Industry Focus - The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Banking and Hardware/Electronics.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 and the newest one in 2019. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2016 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 620. Average number of funding rounds is 126.4 while median is 63.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 204. Average amount of lead investments is 27.8 while median is 8.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.28 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.14 and the median is 5.71. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -4.33.
  • Typical Rounds - Late and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 4 - 5 or 3 - 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 63.55 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 4.71 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.